CorporateNature No 144
Clouds produce both beautiful views and rainstorms depending on your relative position as observer. Cities create opportunities and offer hardship depending on your social status.
1. CLOUDS
Does every cloud have a silver lining? It depends on your point of observation.
You may get to see a silver lining if you are under a cloud looking up towards the sun but this is nothing compared with the vast expanse of silver and silk that you would see if you were flying by plane above the clouds. The way the cookie crumbles is:
A) If you are high up, you are bound to enjoy the resplendent brightness of the clouds beneath you.
Z) If you are under the clouds, you may occasionally see some silver linings but you are quite likely to get soaked by the rain.
2. CITIES
The same principle applies to the world’s cities:
A) If you are well-off or well-positioned in society, you are likely to see cities as exciting places full of opportunities: higher earning potential, access to education and social networks, beautiful architecture and parks, glamorous restaurants, offices and conference venues.
Z) If you are lower in the social hierarchy and at the bottom of the wealth distribution pyramid, you will hardly see many of these opportunities and you will experience a lot of the hardships: high rents, relatively expensive transportation and food, long commutes, crime and insecurity.
The higher you go, the more the skies beneath will open up for you in your city. The lower you are, the more exposed to the elements you'll be. Sadly, this is how "the cloud crumbles and the city thunders."
Every cloud has a silver lining (image source: Wikipedia)
